Screening for antiretroviral drug resistance among treatment-naive human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected individuals in Lebanon

Introduction: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been successful at decreasing the morbidity and Specialty Books mortality associated with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection.HIV-1 drug resistance (HIVDR) among ART-naive patients has been documented to compromise the success of initial therapy.This study was conducted to determine t

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A Preliminary Modified Volumetric Mix Design for Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) by Utilizing Asphalt Dust Waste (ADW)

The construction of asphalt roads has been commonly used as for infrastructure development since ancient times.The production of asphalt using drum mix plants has created powder waste in the premix batching plant industry.It consists of very fine powders and causesproblems to the environment today.However, powder waste can be successfully and econo

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Influence of Area Distribution Along the Span Direction on Flapping Wing Aerodynamics in Hover Based on Numerical Modeling Analysis

This study performed a numerical investigation to explore the effect of span-wise area distribution on flapping wing aerodynamics in hovering configuration using an in-house developed flow solver.The span-wise area distribution was defined using a Breakfast morphological beta function and the flapping motion was set to a sinusoidal movement manner.

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